Saturday, February 07, 2009

Simplified Fable 25: Auceps et Perdix

Now that I have finished the Segmented Grammar Commentaries on the fables (see the Complete Fables List for links), I'll be working through the fables again, this time providing "Simplified" versions of the fables. So, here is today's Simplified fable - Fable 25: Auceps et Perdix, the story of a captured bird who will promise anything to save her life!

For more information about how these simplified versions of the fable can be useful to you, see this note about Simplified Fables at the Aesopus Ning.

Here is a Google Presentation version (larger version also available):

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About This Blog

This blog contains simplified fables adapted from Mille Fabulae et Una: 1001 Aesop's Fables in Latin. You can find out more about that book at the Mille Fabulae et Una blog, where you can also get a free PDF copy of the book. Here, I have simplified the syntax of the fables, changing the verbs to (mostly) present tense and removing complex constructions. I have not, however, made many changes to the vocabulary (I'm still figuring out just how to approach the idea of "simple vocabulary" in Latin) - but I am adding vocabulary lists to the fables I had previously published. You can browse the fables with vocabulary lists, and the new fables being added (3-4 per week) all come with vocabulary! To keep up with new content here and at the other Bestiaria Latina blogs, check out the Bestiaria Round-Ups.